3/1/13
1st and 2nd period

2/28/13

Due (5th): Thursday Letters
Due (All): Literary Valentines extra credit
  • Starter Activity:
    • Which poem from last night's powerpoint is your favorite? Why?
  • PPt discussion
  • IR project work day- projects due on MONDAY
  • Homework:
    • IR project 3 due on MONDAY

2/27/13
  • Starter Activity:
    • Is racial identity still a problem today? Why or why not?
    • If you haven't already done so, create a new folder in Google Drive called "Harlem Renaissance"
  • Discuss "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain"
  • Begin Harlem Renaissance PPT found here
    • Create a new document in your "Harlem Renaissance" folder titled "Poetry and Art" for your notes on this powerpoint
    • Take notes on any new material
    • Read the poems and write a brief summary of each. What is the poet trying to say?
    • Look at the art work- write a brief summary of what each piece depicts.
  • Homework:
    • IR Project 3 due MONDAY, March 4th
    • Finish Harlem Renaissance PPT

2/26/13
  • Starter Activity:
    • What do you know about the Harlem Renaissance? If you don't know anything, take a guess! Think of the words "Harlem" and "Renaissance" and try to come up with ideas on what this movement could be about.
  • Intro to Harlem Renaissance
  • Begin "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" by Langston Hughes
  • Homework:
    • IR project 3 due MONDAY
    • Finish Langston Hughes reading and reactions

2/25/13
  • Fahrenheit 451 test
  • Work on Body Bios for WD OR IR project
  • Homework:
    • IR project 3 due on MONDAY (March 4th)


2/22/13
5th and clubs!
  • 5th period OPTIONS
    • Fahrenheit project work time
    • IR project work time
    • Extra credit project (literary valentines- due 2/28)

2/21/13
  • Fahrenheit 451 test
  • Projects- Self and Peer Evals
  • Homework:
    • IR Project due on 3/4
    • Work on Fahrenheit projects

2/20/13
  • Starter Activity:
    • Final questions on Fahrenheit 451
  • Fahrenheit 451 project work time
  • Homework:
    • Study for Fahrenheit test tomorrow
    • IR projects due on 3/4
    • Work on Fahrenheit projects

2/19/13
  • Fahrenheit 451 project work time
  • Homework:
    • IR projects due on 3/4
    • Work on final Fahrenheit projects

2/18/13
No School- President's Day


2/14-15/13
Raleigh Field Trip
The alternate assignments for those NOT going on the Raleigh Field Trip will be posted on Mr. Smith's wikispace

2/13/13
  • Announcement: IR project 3 due March 4th
  • Starter Activity:
    • ONE PERSON FROM EACH GROUP, In your google drive, Fahrenheit 451 folder, create a "final project" folder and share this with the rest of your group members.
    • Group members: Drag folder from "shared with me" to your Fahrenheit folder
  • Part 3 discussion
  • Project management plan (found in the Fahrenheit 451 folder in google drive)
  • Project Work Time
  • Homework:
    • Work on project

2/12/13
Due (All): Writer's Notebooks

2/11/13
  • Part III quiz will happen tomorrow. Writer's notebooks will be collected tomorrow.
  • Work on your prompt card revisions, make sure to follow the following steps:
    • Give your writing an original title. What is it about? Make up a title that reflects that
    • Put your writing in MLA format with proper heading, spacing, margins, font choice, and everything.
    • Make sure your writing is at LEAST half a page. This requirement does NOT include the heading, so all writings should go past the 1/2 page mark.
    • Your writing should show growth and evidence of making revisions based on the the suggestions that you were given.
    • On the bottom of your page, I want you to write a short reflection of the writing process. (This reflection does not count towards your 1/2 page writing....) Please answer the questions in complete sentences.
      • What made you choose to revise this writing?
      • What was difficult about revision?
      • What was suggested that you work on?
      • What did you decide to improve on your own?
      • What do you think a strength of this writing is?
      • What areas do you feel weak in as a writer?
    • When revising, you may want to ask yourself these questions
  • When finished with your revisions, make sure that your Part III questions are complete and that you are up to date on part III of Fahrenheit 451 for tomorrow's quiz. Also make sure your writer's notebook is ready to be check and all entries are titled and dated, as well as thoughtful reflections on the prompts.
  • When all of that is complete, you may read an IR book. Projects will be due in March, so get reading!


2/8/13
3rd and 4th period
  • 4th period- choose one of the following to work on:
    • Prompt card writing revisions
    • Fahrenheit 451 part 3
    • Writer's notebook- being collected on MONDAY
  • Homework:
    • Part 3 and questions due 2/11
    • Writer's notebook turn in 2/11

2/7/13
Due (4th): Thursday Letters
  • Starter Activity:
    • pick your favorite prompt card writing (Tuesday or Wednesday) and complete #1 and 2 on this page.
  • Peer conferences for prompt writing cards
  • Revise writings
  • Fahrenheit 451 part 3
  • Homework:
    • Part 3 and discussion questions due 2/11
    • Writer's notebooks turn in 2/11

2/6/13
  • Starter Activity:
    • prompt cards
  • Finish sharing profiles and peer evaluations
  • Work on part 3 and questions
  • Homework:
    • Part 3 and discussion questions due 2/11

2/5/13
  • Starter Activity:
    • Prompt cards
  • Facebook Profiles
    • Share profiles with table
    • Discuss- what is good? what could this person have done differently?
    • Share documents through google drive
  • Self and peer evals- facebook profiles
  • Homework:
    • Part 3 and discussion questions due 2/11

2/4/13
Due (All): Facebook Profiles
  • Starter Activity: Look over study questions for part 2
  • Part 2 quiz:
    • This quiz has 2 parts: The first part is on Engrade, 2nd part is here
  • Discuss part 2
  • Facebook profiles:
    • EMAIL them to hilarywiltshire@staff.craven.k12.nc.us
    • You will receive a RETURN email with a PDF format of the document
    • UPLOAD PDFs to your Google Drive in your Fahrenheit folder (Make sure to name "[Name of Character] FB profile [your name]")
  • Homework:
    • Part 3 and discussion questions due 2/11
    • Make sure your profiles are uploaded to Google Drive


2/1/13
1st and 2nd
  • Homework:
    • Part 2 and questions due 2/4/13 (Monday)
    • Facebook profiles project due MONDAY